After Zhu Changzi and his concubine Sun had reached an agreement, they had nothing to say that night.
The next day, Shen Shuren was still making preparations before departure. Before he left Xinyang Mansion, there were still a lot of military affairs details that needed to be dealt with, especially the logistics and supply situation of the troops. If there were no problems, he would continue as planned.
It will take a day before continuing south.
There is no big mistake in being careful. After all, Shen Shuren will not personally command the final stage of the pursuit of Li Zicheng, so he must be lenient to the enemy and must have solid logistics before leaving.
He personally commanded the battles, and his subordinates would never be lazy in transporting food, ammunition, and replenishing weapons and equipment. After all, Shen Shuren had strict military laws. But after he left, who knew that Huang Degong and Zuo Zixiong could use the logistics and civilian officials?
Either they were blaming each other, or they were temporarily allocating supplies to other friendly forces in name, but actually taking the opportunity to line their own pockets a little. This kind of thing was simply too normal in the late Ming Dynasty. After all, the entire imperial army was used to arrears of pay and hunger.
A meal.
Because of his busy schedule, Zhu Changzi sent people to inquire about the news during the day, but failed to find Chen Shuren. He could only leave a message for the people in the house to convey, saying that the prince had sent people to look for him.
After finishing his official duties at night, Shen Shuren returned home and heard about it, so he went to pay his respects.
The people in the palace had nothing to do every day. When Shen Shuren came to look for him, Zhu Changzi's family was almost resting.
After receiving the notice, Zhu Changzi quickly put on his visitor's clothes and went out to receive him.
After this incident, Zhu Changzi realized how busy Shen Shuren was.
On leisure days like yesterday, I had to arrange my work schedule in advance and squeeze out time.
"It really makes sense to be a supervisor at such a young age. This life is really hard to live." Zhu Changqi, who never works overtime, couldn't help but sigh before entering the door.
Unexpectedly, Shen Shuren, who was sitting in the living room drinking tea, had a sharp ear and eyesight, while Zhu Changzi had no scheming thoughts and was talking to himself at home without paying attention to controlling the volume, so he was overheard.
So Chen Shuren got up early, and when he saw Zhu Changzi entering the room, he raised his hands and saluted: "I returned to worship you at night, but did you disturb the prince's dream? I will apologize first."
Zhu Changzi was stunned, and then realized that the other party had heard it, and said quickly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's because I am too idle, and my nephew also knows that the relatives of the Ming Dynasty are so idle, it's ridiculous.
I didn't make friends with civil and military officials at first. I always thought that they just left things to minor officials and just spent their days doing things. It wasn't until I made friends with my nephew that I realized that this was completely wrong. There are also people who are diligent in government."
When Chen Shuren heard this, he corrected himself sternly, and arched his hands towards the north with a solemn expression: "It cannot be said that the royal family is all idle. The current emperor is very diligent in his work that has been rare in the past two hundred years. He wears clothes at night and eats at night.
He sleeps well at night, and there are few people like him since Taizu.
Although I have not been a Beijing official for a long time, I have been summoned by the Holy Book many times to report to him. I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. It is really admirable for such a diligent and diligent saint."
When Chen Shuren said this, he was sincere and sincere, and it was not flattering Chongzhen.
Because he really and sincerely thought so. Chongzhen's diligence and integrity were indeed no problem, even first-class. The problem was just that he was concerned about face, lacked responsibility, and was too rigid and dogmatic.
If only Chongzhen could learn one-tenth of Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang's flexible moral bottom line, or be shameless by any means necessary, coupled with Chongzhen's diligence and perseverance, Ming Dynasty might still be saved.
Zhu Changzi didn't know his emperor's nephew very well. When Chen Shuren said this, of course he only praised him sincerely:
"Your Majesty's diligence is unparalleled by others! It must be a rare occurrence in a hundred years. Alas, your Majesty is also very hardworking. This kind of life is really not something ordinary people can endure. If...hey, it's nothing."
Zhu Changzi was a little too emotional about Chongzhen's hard work, and almost said, "If such a hard life is given to me, I will never be able to bear it." Fortunately, the basic consciousness is still there, and he realizes that such words must not be uttered.
Some things cannot be compared, so I put them away.
How wonderful it would be to be a wealthy and leisurely king!
Every day, if you want to play the piano, you can play the piano, if you want to listen to the piano, you can listen to the piano, if you want to miss the Buddha, then chant the Buddha's name, if you want to appreciate the bronzes and antiques, just appreciate them, if you want to write a book about your experience of folk art and antique appreciation, you can write it at any time.
If you become an emperor, you will probably have no time for these hobbies. At most, you will only be able to play with incense - after all, no matter what the emperor does, he can still smoke incense while doing it.
He was also afraid that Shen Shuren would think too much and think too much about it, so he quickly changed the subject: "Today I came to see my nephew again. We really have some things to discuss."
Chen Shuren stopped worrying about the previous politeness and directly changed his expression to a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, just say it."
Zhu Changzi stroked his beard and explained his purpose first: "Actually, it's like this... I and my nephew have hit it off. You also met your daughter yesterday. I heard from her that you also talked a lot with her about the current war situation outside.
, I want to comfort this king, because of her filial piety, right?
The younger daughter also has a slight affection for her nephew. Last night Zhuo Jing also noticed it and had a deep conversation. She intends to become a good friend of Qin and Jin and recruit her nephew as her son-in-law. What do you think? We need to discuss it with Shen Shangshu of Nanjing.
Make a conclusion?"
Chen Shuren was slightly startled: "Of course it is an honor for the lower official to be favored by the prince, but is it a bit rash? The princess and the official are just acquaintances, so they won't be aggrieved. And... the status of the official is
Sensitive, in these troubled times, if you marry other governors, you have to worry about being suspected by His Majesty, if it is..."
Zhu Changzi immediately said the countermeasures discussed last night: "Don't worry about these two points. After all, everything happened for a reason. My nephew can also be regarded as the savior of my royal family. He said that in the chaos of war, you saved my daughter, and my daughter also
Was seen by my nephew.
In order to protect his reputation, I will do my best to ask Your Majesty to grant a marriage, and Your Majesty will not take my sister's reputation lightly. The key is that there are other difficulties, which I am embarrassed to talk about - because I have no children, I have always been
I want to find a son-in-law for my little daughter.
If my nephew is so talented and resourceful, he will definitely not be willing to become a son-in-law. I thought that when I report to Your Majesty this time, I would like to say some kind words and ask your Majesty to give my nephew a title and a national surname.
In this way, even if the nephew and his daughter's children are named Zhu in the future, outsiders will not think that this is due to the nephew becoming the prince's son-in-law, and the reputation of the Shen family will not be damaged.
Therefore, the key lies in whether the nephew is willing to be given a national surname by His Majesty. As long as you are willing to nod, everything else is easy to say. There is no need for the Shen family to worry about it. I will take care of it. After the matter is completed, I will give the Shen family a letter of approval.
, if His Majesty doesn’t allow it, just pretend that nothing happened and don’t make any noise for the time being.”
Zhu Changzi did not dare to tell the truth. After all, he could only make a secret request to the emperor, explain the whole story secretly, and give both parties a step to step down. But whether the emperor agreed or not was uncontrollable.
Zhu Changzi also knew that Shen Shuren was relatively easy to talk to, so he had to secretly unify the attitudes of all parties except the emperor before he could trouble Chongzhen.
Otherwise, Chongzhen approved it, but the person concerned made a mistake, which would be self-defeating and deceiving the emperor.
What's more, after Zhu Changzi thought about it last night, he also considered a risk: he was also afraid that after he secretly presented the memorial, Chongzhen would respect Shen Shuren's ideas and fear that the Shen family would not be willing to be given a surname, so he would not be able to make a prompt decision.
But if Shen Shuren nodded, Zhu Changzi could add one or two more sentences to the memorial, hinting to Chongzhen that "both parties involved have reached an agreement on this matter, and the only difference is that the court will grant a marriage and a surname." Then Chongzhen would directly
The probability of consent will also be greatly increased.
Don't leave difficulties to the emperor to worry about, this is the duty of a minister.
Chen Shuren was of course so shocked when he heard Zhu Changzi talk about so many details at once that he couldn't recover for a long time. Zhu Changzi looked at him speechless and thought that he didn't want his surname to be Zhu in the future, so he could only wait for him to figure it out slowly.
As everyone knows, Shen Shuren has been willing for a long time.
In his previous life, his real name was Zhu Shuren. After he came to this world, his physical body was Shen Lin, the son of Shen Tingyang. At that time, he was 18 years old and had not yet taken a character. In order to preserve as much traces of his previous life as possible, he made a deal with his father to change his ways and learn a new lesson.
As a condition, let Shen Tingyang give him the title "Shuren".
It was considered that he had gotten his real name back from his previous life, so the surname didn't matter for the time being. But in his heart, Shen Shuren actually always had the idea of being given a surname like Zheng Chenggong in history.
For others, this is abandoning their ancestors, but for Shen Shuren, a time traveler, this is an opportunity to change back to his surname in his previous life.
The only person who suffered a loss was the physically advantageous father Shen Tingyang. After all, a capable son changed his surname. Otherwise, no one was harmed.
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But Shen Shuren quickly thought about it and realized that his achievements in this life were hundreds and thousands of times greater than those of Shen Tingyang’s unknown dandy son in history. Even Shen Tingyang’s own official position was due to the help of his son.
, with the help of meritorious deeds, he was promoted to several additional levels.
Without Shen Shuren's butterfly effect, Shen Tingyang would have been a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs in Beijing when Chongzhen died, but now he has become a minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing. Even if the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs has little real power,
That is at least equivalent to a minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs in Beijing, and it reached such a high level two years earlier than the same period in history.
Anyway, Shen Shuren's physical body still has several half-brothers who can inherit the Shen family's surname. Even if Shen Shuren has multiple sons in the future, he can also leave a few with the same surname as Shen, so there is absolutely no one in the Shen family.
The issue of inheriting the incense.
After this calculation, even if Shen Shuren was given the national surname, he had already done enough for the Shen family, and Shen Tingyang would definitely not lose.
After thinking about all these twists and turns, Chen Shuren was of course willing in his heart, but after all, he still had to pay attention to the superficial feudal filial piety, so he said:
"The prince expresses his love, and I will not refuse it. I am happy to see it happen, but as a son, it is best to send a fast-horse messenger to Nanjing to get in touch with my father. As long as my father agrees, I will never do anything."
objection."
Zhu Changxi breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "Shen Shangshu is also a sensible person, and he will definitely understand the king's difficulties. Since there is no problem with the virtuous son-in-law, the daughter's marriage has been decided, and the only difference is that it belongs to the virtuous son-in-law.
It's just a surname and a title.
No matter whether the virtuous son-in-law is finally given a title or not, in the future when the virtuous son-in-law and his daughter have children, they must leave at least one grandson, who will be nominally adopted by the child of the king's concubine who died prematurely that year. According to the patriarchal system, he can also be regarded as the king's biological grandson.
In this way, no one will inherit the title of Prince Lu in the future, making it easier for outsiders to adopt him. In any case, my grandson still has some of my blood in him."
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